Organizational Culture and Organizational Effectiveness: A Theory and Some Preliminary Empirical Evidence.

Despite the frequently held assumption that organizational culture has an impact on organizational functioning, few authors have explicitly discussed the topic of organizational culture and organizational effectiveness. This paper presents a model of culture and effectiveness derived from the literature and provides preliminary empirical support from a sample of 969 organizations.

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